Raxco going out of business

Discussion in 'FirstDefense-ISR Forum' started by Acadia, Apr 10, 2024.

  1. Acadia

    Acadia Registered Member

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    Got a letter in snail mail today that Raxco had filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Upon going to their website discovered that it was indeed true. Enjoyed PerfectDisk years ago, and more recently InstantRecovery.
    RIP
    Acadia
     
  2. zapjb

    zapjb Registered Member

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    Unless I'm wrong. LOL. Years ago they traded their CD/DVD software business for PerfectDisk. At the time I thought that was very unwise.
     
  3. Acadia

    Acadia Registered Member

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    The late Peter2150 :'(and I swore by their FirstDefense-ISR for years, until we both discovered Macrium Reflect. I was puzzled why I received a notice in the mail that they were in Bankruptcy Court. Then I remembered, I have an extended support contract with them ... they owe me about $7-$8 :rolleyes:

    Their tech support, headed by Greg Hayes, was always exemplary.

    Acadia
     
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  4. Raza0007

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    If you don't innovate with changing times... this is what happens.
     
  5. stapp

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    I had a lot of fun with FD-ISR over the years when I used it. It saved my neck a few times.
    Things change.
     
  6. LoneWolf

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    Well thats a bummer.
    I'll continue to use Instant Recovery for now as it has always worked flawlessly.
     
  7. Tarnak

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    When I had my Custom Desktop setup [back in day] with Windows XP installed in 2007, it was brilliant to use, and saved my bacon many times. Another one bites the dust....
     
  8. xxJackxx

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    Same here. Looks like SSDs put all of the defrag companies out of business.
     
  9. warrior198

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    So sad to know that. I am still using Instant Recovery and was thinking to mail them about an issue.
     
  10. Longboard

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    Ohhh..

    "I had a lot of fun with FD-ISR over the years when I used it. It saved my neck a few times.
    Things change."

    Yis: ISR was such a good tool.
    heh: remember the little "frog croak" in the Leapfrog days.
    Was a really useful "overlap layer" while Macrium developed.
    I wonder where Todd ended up ??
     
  11. Tarnak

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    It was brilliant on [my] XP desktop all those years ago. Great piece of software!
     
  12. EASTER

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    Same here. FD-ISR revolutionized a failsafe personalized Windows System depending on how much storage area a user had to keep images stored. And was equally reliable restoring snapshots in Unlimited number
     
  13. snerd

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    Oh man I used Perfectdisk for many years, but not since going SSD last year.
     
  14. garioch7

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    I was another longtime PerfectDisk user until I switched to SSDs a few years ago. It was a great program. Raxco: RIP.

    Have a great day.

    Regards,
    Phil
     
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